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Dark Love

Rafiekah Duncan 2005 (Cape Town)

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At first it blinded me
with its glorious beauty
it glowed like the sun
and made me feel like number one

But like a hurricane
in the blink of an eye it came
as if a angry sea
it rushed to swallow me

It covered me in its flame
showing me true pain
like a blackened dove
this was the darkness in love

About this poem

This poem in based on the negative side of love that I once experienced in my third year of high school.

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Written on August 31, 2022

Submitted by macbatct on August 31, 2022

Modified on March 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CDAA DCEE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 304
Words 70
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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Rafiekah Duncan

I am was a very optimistic girl and even after a bad experience of love I'm still smiling. I live in a negative area and even though I am a teenager I wish to be able to express myself through poetry. more…

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